HYCU

HYCU, Inc. (pronounced /ˈhaɪkuː/) is an American software company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The company specializes in backup and disaster recovery software for on-premises, SaaS, and hybrid cloud environments.^[1][2]

HYCU, Inc.

Company type	Private
Industry	Software, Data protection
Founded	2018; 7 years ago (2018)
Founders	Simon Taylor, Goran Garevski
Headquarters	Boston, Massachusetts , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Data protection and disaster recovery software
Number of employees	200+ (2024)
Website	hycu.com

History

HYCU was established in 2018 as a spin-off from Comtrade Software, focusing on data protection technology initially developed for Nutanix environments.^[3][4] Founded by Simon Taylor and Goran Garevski, the company became independently funded in 2018 and launched its Protégé platform for data protection and migration.^[5]

The company expanded its offerings to support additional platforms, including Dell EMC, Google Cloud Platform, and Atlassian.^[6][7] In 2021, HYCU secured $87.5 million in a Series A funding round, followed by a $53 million Series B round in 2022, bringing total funding to over $140 million.^[8][9]

Products

HYCU’s primary platform, R-Cloud, provides automated backup, disaster recovery, and data migration across cloud and on-premises applications.^[10] Its R-Graph tool offers visualization of data protection coverage across SaaS, cloud, and on-premises environments.^[10]